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Reconstruction and reconquista.(INSIDER REPORTDavis-Bacon Act)(Davis-Bacon Act)
Immediately following Hurricane Katrina, President Bush issued an executive order suspending the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act as it applies to reconstruction efforts in the Gulf Coast region. This permits federal contractors in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi to pay below the prevailing wage.
Of course, the federal government has no constitutional authority to define wages, which is why Davis-Bacon should be repealed, rather than "suspended," by executive action. However, the president's order, coupled with the immediate infusion of tens of billions of dollars in reconstruction aid, creates a huge distortion in the labor market that will exacerbate our nation's problems with illegal immigration, as low-wage labor from Mexico and Latin America is drawn into the Gulf Coast.
In an October 1 Los Angeles Times column, Gregory Rodriguez of the New America Foundation exulted that "African-Americans and impoverished white Cajuns will not be first in line to rebuild the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast and New Orleans. Latino immigrants, many of them undocumented [read: illegal], will. And when they're done, they're going to stay, making New Orleans look like Los Angeles. It's the federal ...
- Capturing the Canal: Port of New Orleans, Gulf Coast look for share of Panama...
- Newspaper article from: New Orleans CityBusiness Ben Myers September 28, 2009 700+ words
...according to the Rand Corp. Gulf Coast ports have struggled to capture...inherent disadvantage for the Gulf Coast and New Orleans: lack of population. It's...implicit to the belief that a Gulf Coast bonanza will result from the...
- STILL IN RECOVERY; One year after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, many...
- Magazine article from: Modern Healthcare Zigmond, Jessica August 21, 2006 700+ words
...Katrina hit the nation's Gulf Coast, providing healthcare...area just outside of New Orleans has been similar to a...administrators on the Gulf Coast battling to keep their...Methodist Hospital in New Orleans, and River Oaks Hospital...
- The women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast: multiple disadvantages and key...
- Magazine article from: Briefing Paper Series Gault, Barbara Hartmann, Heidi Jones-DeWeever, Avis Werschkul, Misha Williams, Erica October 1, 2005 700+ words
...poverty among women and people of color in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region in Louisiana, Mississippi, and...poverty line. (2) Demographics of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Region The New Orleans metropolitan area was occupied by 1...
- Delta makes it easier for customers to return to the Gulf Coast in the New...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire December 5, 2005 700+ words
...customers to return to the Gulf Coast in the New Year; New Orleans-Atlanta flight schedule...flights to and from the Gulf Coast region with 37 daily departures from four Gulf Coast airports - 14 from New Orleans, 12 from Baton Rouge...
- A New Orleans Bank CEO's Pleasant Surprise.(Gulf Coast Bank and Trust)
- Magazine article from: American Banker Osuri, Laura Thompson September 30, 2005 700+ words
...executive officer of Gulf Coast Bank and Trust, first...branch in downtown New Orleans a week after Hurricane...which doubles as Gulf Coast's headquarters...was not sure when Gulf Coast's other New Orleans branch, which at...
- Remarks on Gulf Coast Reconstruction in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Magazine article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Bush, George W August 25, 2008 700+ words
...President can come and say, New Orleans, Louisiana, is on its...to protect the city of New Orleans. And that's exactly...spend some time here in New Orleans, and then I'm heading...libraries up and down the gulf coast. She sends her very...
- Continental Airlines expands low-fare air travel in the Gulf Coast region...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 19, 1986 700+ words
NEW ORLEANS, June 19 /PRNewsire...air travel in the Gulf Coast region by designating Air New Orleans as a "Continental...executive officer. "Air New Orleans' consistent five...carrier along the Gulf Coast, and our partnership...
- Shaw Marks the Opening of Its Gulf Coast Operations Center in New Orleans; Shaw...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 9, 2006 700+ words
...dedicated to rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area. Tim Barfield...contributing to the New Orleans community. Shaw's Gulf Coast Operations Center will...solutions in rebuilding New Orleans and Gulf Coast region." As part...
